Dutch universities in the 2017 THE World University Rankings

Times Higher Education has recently published the 2017-2018 edition of its World University Rankings. All 13 Dutch research universities were ranked within the top 200 results and 7 of them made it into the top 100 of the overall ranking. Six universities improved their last year’s results.

Times Higher Education has recently published the 2017-2018 edition of its World University Rankings. All 13 Dutch research universities were ranked within the top 200 results and 7 of them made it into the top 100 of the overall ranking. Six universities improved their last year’s results.

The Times Higher Education (THE) rankings reveal the top universities in the world every year, assessing and comparing institutions in five general areas: teaching, research, citations, international outlook, and industry income. The ranking is considered to be one of the most comprehensive and influential university ranking list in the world. This year’s results include 980 universities from all around the globe.

Global trends

US and UK universities continue to dominate the rankings in 2017, with the University of Oxford placing first, followed by the University of Cambridge in second and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in third.

Global trends show waxing in Asian influences in the world of higher education. This year three Asian universities made it into the top 30 for the first time: the National University of Singapore was ranked 22nd, Peking University tied for 27th place and Tsinghua University finished on the 30th position.

Standings of Dutch universities

All 13 Dutch research universities were ranked within the top 200 of the THE World University Rankings 2017-2018. Seven Dutch universities also advanced to the top 100, those are:

59. University of Amsterdam (˄4).63. Delft University of Technology (˅4).64. Wageningen University (˅1).67. Leiden University (˄10).68. Utrecht University (˄18). 72. Erasmus University Rotterdam (˅3).83. University of Groningen (˅3).

The positions of Dutch universities have changed within the country as well. The University of Amsterdam (UvA) moved up by 4 positions and became the national leader this year. Delft University of Technology lost last year's leading position and become 2nd, while Wageningen University maintained its 3rd position.

Times Higher Education didn't yet publish this year's standings of universities in various fields of sciences. To see last year's results and positions of Dutch universities in other world university rankings, please visit our Rankings of Dutch Universities page.